Shakti Salgaokar

Mumbai’s underworld, a topic very rarely tackled in Marathi cinema, is at the heart of this week’s Marathi release, Rege.
Abhijit Panse’s directorial debut has received a lot of praise across the festival circuit and rightly so.

First up, I want to congratulate Mrinal Kulkarni. There are such few women directors in Marathi cinema, and Mrinal, in her second film, has taken on the Herculean task of making a period film.
Rama Madhav is a royal love story set against the backdrop of politics, war and the dawn of a new era.
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When it comes to Marathi cinema, there has always been a great divide between meaningful and commercial cinema. The latter was limited to slapstick comedy and stories with a devotional twist, production value was often weak and there was very little one could enjoy. But these films did thumping...

With a rather predictable story, Pitruroon becomes mildly entertaining because of the performances of the protagonists. Watch Pitruroon for its hummable music by Kaushal Inamdaar, stellar performances by Sachin Khedekar and Tanuja.